Top 5 Suburbs and Bottom 5 Suburbs

[Rock Newman]

Originally Posted by Milwaukee City

So people from Boca or Coral Springs or Sunrise can't say they live in a suburb of Miami ? they should just refer to it as South Florida just like "The Bay Area instead of a SF suburb?

Correct as none are Miami suburbs .

[Rock Newman]

Originally Posted by kevinkagy

Technically speaking, anything in Palm Beach, Broward or Miami-Dade counties are all in the Miami Metro Area, so they would technically be Miami suburbs as Miami is the host city, and these counties are within its metropolitan area. However, others say otherwise and split the Miami metro area into three areas: Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach. It depends on who you ask. I've lived in all three counties, so to me it's all the same, Miami/South Florida/Miami Metro Area, it's all Miami.

No it is not ... sorry !!!

[Michael Di Meo]

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[MMOKEY_0930]

Hi all,

My hubby and I are a couple of empty nesters looking to move to Florida to have a fresh start. What we are looking for is to live somewhere where some nice beaches are somewhat accessible, where we can have a few brewskies at a great sports bar, a clean city, and like most people, prefer a suburb where crime is not rampant. From the two lists posted I can see the general consensus so far has been that Coral Gables, Aventura, Miami Lakes, Weston, Coral Springs, Wellington, Boca Raton, and Jupiter are favorable. Can anyone suggest some other cities that may be up and coming? Also, I love to cook so it would be great to have access to a farmer's market in the area as well ...

We are planning a trip to Florida in a couple of months so it would be nice to check some of these cities out and your help would be so appreciated!

Thanks,
Michele

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[Aimewitue]

Originally Posted by compelled to reply

In my opinion, this is WAY off base! Most of your worst areas are average to good areas, and most of your best are also average areas. No way is Sunrise by the mall among the best or Miramar among the worst. Now going by "overall" reputation as far as "true" suburban areas I would rank it like this.

Miami Best Suburbs
1. Pinecrest
2. Palmetto Bay
3. East Kendall
4. Coral Gables
5. Miami Lakes/Aventura tie
Worst
1. Florida City
2. Miami Gardens/Opa-Locka tie
3. Goulds
4. Homestead
5. North Miami

Ft. Lauderdale Best Suburbs
1. Parkland
2. Weston
3. Cooper City
4. Coral Springs
5. West Pembroke Pines/West Miramar tie
Worst
1. Dania Beach (yuck!)
2. Oakland Park
3. Pompano Beach
4. Lauderdale Lakes
5. Lauderhill

West Palm Beach Best Suburbs
1. Jupiter
2. Boca Raton
3. Wellington
4. Palm Beach Gardens
5. West Boynton
Worst
1. Riviera Beach (worst in all of South FL actually)
2. Lake Worth
3. East Boynton
4. Greenacres
5. Pockets of east Delray

Born and raised in south Florida this list is pretty good. It not a perfect list but much closer to reality than some of the other lists in my opinion